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PINNED Add measuring/pick distance tool in parametric solid and variables tools
As a MicroStation modelling user, I would like the capability of filling the Distance field by picking two points (or distance between other elements) from within the tool, so that I can be much quicker in creating solids and other elements where ...
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Lost Dialog Boxes

Hello Bentley, This has been a persistent issue for the entire time I have been a Bentley CAD user. Losing dialog boxes still seems so easy to do, yet difficult to recover/restore. One example is that if I move a dialog outside of the application ...
over 2 years ago in General 2 Needs review

If Fence Mode= Clip or Void-Clip, currently the selected Named Boundary is removed.

MicroStation CE 14. When I do "a Place Fence" from an active Named Boundary and Fence Type= Clip or Void-Clip and then I MOVE (from frence), the shape (Named Boundary) is converted to Complex Chain so the Named Boundary is destroyed. Why not an op...
over 4 years ago in General 1 Needs review

Add error handling to Sheet Index/ Print Organizer

Currently if you want to access the Print Organizer from the Sheet Index, there is no error handling if a file or sheet model is not found. If you select invalid sheet models from your sheet index and click on the Print Organizer button, nothing h...
over 2 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Element Template Secondary Attribute Selector

With Element templates we can provide greater control and conformance to standards in MicroStation. In them we have the ability to not only set primary attributes (level, line style, line weight, etc.) as well as the active cell, but also the abil...
over 4 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Improvements for Fence

The Tool Settings of "Place Fence" should have the following. new checkbox: Don´t remove the active fence when "Place Fence" is open. New column "Active" (readOnly) in the dataTable of Named Fences. If the active Fence is from a Named Boundary, th...
over 4 years ago in General 2 Needs review

Toggle AccuDraw button (back in blue if it is ON)

The "toggle AccuSnap" button changes its icon (back in blue instead of gray) when AccuSnap is ON. However, the "toggle AccuDraw" (in the AccuDraw toolBox) is always in gray. In my opinion, it should have the same behaviour. (back in blue when is O...
over 4 years ago in General 0 Needs review

Cell Properties -> Geolocation and Bearing

Two new Cell [and possibly a label?] Properties: Geolocation & Bearing: The coordinates can be applied manually or using a map placement splatter or scripted to place Cells on a Point Cloud or by inheriting their placement in the environment. ...
over 2 years ago in 3D Modeling 0 Needs review

Selectively remove annotations instead of blasting away every group.

If you can add annotations to a drawing one at a time, you should be able to remove only certain annotation groups, instead of destroying everything in a drawing.
over 2 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

Add and process multiple drawing annotation groups at the same time.

Add check boxes in the annotation groups to allow the user to simultaneously run groups at the same time, especially with cross sections, this will save the user from having to process the file multiple times.
over 2 years ago in 2D Drawing 0 Needs review

Resolve: MS_REALDWG_VERSION and MS_DWG_VERSION

There appears to be two config variables to point to a default DWG save. MS_REALDWG_VERSION and MS_DWG_VERSION Can this be unified to a single variable and allow us to assign it based on the DWG we want as default? We leave blank, or assign a DWG ...
over 2 years ago in General 0 Needs review